Lefty Grove

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: March 6, 1900 in Lonaconing, MD us

Died: May 22, 1975 in Norwalk, OH

Buried: Frostburg Memorial Park, Frostburg, MD

High School: Central HS (Lonaconing, MD)

Debut: April 14, 1925 (Age 25-039d, 6,153rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.2 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 28, 1941 (Age 41-206d)
vs. PHA 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1947. (Voted by BBWAA on 123/161 ballots)
View Lefty Grove's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Robert Moses Grove

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

106.8

300

141

ERA

3.06

616

457

3940.2

2266

WHIP

1.278

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-4 / in Starts: 27-3
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 122 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	98 (50-30-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 122 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	82 (41-25-14)

Most Driven In
D Williams	4
J Dykes	4
J Foxx	2
E McNair	1
B Miller	1
J Boley	0

Most Driven In By
M Haas	2
M Bishop	1
D Cramer	1
A Simmons	1
J Moore	1

1931 Batting Game Log

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1931 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	273	1	Apr 14	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-3	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.19	-0.065	3.08	-0.10%	-0.84	P
2	274	4 (2)	Apr 18	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.92	-0.113	4.90	-0.17%	-0.64	P
3	275	8 (3)	Apr 22	PHA		WSH	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.48	-0.041	1.01	-0.05%	-0.93	P
4	276	9	Apr 24	PHA		WSH	W,10-7	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	277	17 (7)	May 9	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.51	-0.013	1.54	-0.02%	-0.35	P
6	278	18	May 12	PHA	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	.78	-0.023	2.61	-0.05%	-0.67	P
7	279	22 (3)	May 16	PHA	@	CLE	W,12-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.40	0.007	5.93	0.02%	-0.67	P
8	280	23	May 17	PHA	@	CLE	W,15-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9						P
9	281	24	May 18	PHA	@	CLE	W,10-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9						P
10	282	26 (1)	May 20	PHA	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	9	.69	-0.047	3.44	-0.14%	-0.67	P
11	283	30 (3)	May 25 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	9	.76	-0.063	4.82	-0.24%	-0.67	P
12	284	34 (3)	May 28	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.192	.200	.392	9	2.36	0.167	14.60	0.62%	0.64	P
13	285	35	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG(12)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.188	.194	.381	9	2.00	-0.278	9.45	-0.79%	-0.54	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	286	40 (4)	Jun 3	PHA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.200	.206	.406	9	.85	-0.021	4.28	-0.06%	-0.19	P
15	287	42 (1)	Jun 5	PHA		CHW	L,5-7	7-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.189	.194	.384	9	2.07	-0.108	9.50	-0.30%	-0.47	P
16	288	45 (2)	Jun 8	PHA		DET	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.171	.175	.346	9	1.01	-0.108	4.54	-0.29%	-1.75	P
17	289	49 (3)	Jun 13 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,10-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.136	.156	.159	.315	9	1.08	-0.042	5.01	-0.12%	-0.99	P
18	290	54 (4)	Jun 19	PHA	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.125	.143	.146	.289	9	.64	-0.072	2.84	-0.19%	-1.16	P
19	291	56 (1)	Jun 21	PHA	@	CHW	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.143	.146	.289	9						P
20	292	58 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.173	.189	.192	.381	9	1.17	0.034	4.85	0.09%	0.19	P
21	293	63 (4)	Jun 27	PHA	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.207	.228	.435	9	1.01	0.043	4.95	0.13%	0.62	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	294	68 (4)	Jul 1	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.210	.230	.439	9	1.21	-0.072	5.27	-0.19%	-0.83	P
23	295	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	W,9-7	3-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.215	.234	.450	9	.78	-0.012	3.56	-0.03%	-0.15	P
24	296	75 (4)	Jul 8	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.194	.206	.224	.430	9	.24	-0.024	1.55	-0.10%	-1.13	P
25	297	81 (5)	Jul 13 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,12-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.197	.214	.411	9	1.05	-0.086	6.23	-0.30%	-0.61	P
26	298	87 (5)	Jul 17	PHA		DET	W,6-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.203	.219	.422	9	.66	0.035	1.90	0.06%	0.12	P
27	299	95 (7)	Jul 25 (1)	PHA		CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.218	.234	.452	9	1.33	0.107	1.69	0.08%	0.53	P
28	300	99 (3)	Jul 28	PHA		SLB	W,6-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.215	.231	.446	9	.23	-0.006	.19	0.00%	-0.40	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	301	104 (4)	Aug 3 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.207	.222	.430	9	.86	-0.115	1.31	-0.10%	-1.63	P
30	302	108 (3)	Aug 9	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-3	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.202	.217	.419	9	.64	-0.037	.57	-0.02%	-0.89	P
31	303	109	Aug 11	PHA	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.198	.207	.221	.428	9	.39	-0.031	.23	-0.01%	-0.63	P
32	304	112 (2)	Aug 15	PHA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.209	.213	.422	9	.76	-0.005	.15	0.00%	-0.28	P
33	305	114 (1)	Aug 19	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.183	.200	.204	.404	9	.68	-0.103	.14	-0.01%	-1.90	P
34	306	118 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.194	.198	.392	9	1.27	-0.101	.05	0.00%	-0.66	P
35	307	124 (5)	Aug 29	PHA		NYY	W,7-4	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.186	.202	.206	.408	9	.66	0.034	.01	0.00%	0.16	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	308	129 (4)	Sep 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.196	.200	.396	9	1.15	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.93	P
37	309	136 (6)	Sep 8	PHA		WSH	W,10-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.208	.204	.411	9	.96	0.091	.00	0.00%	1.38	P
38	310	139 (2)	Sep 12 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.211	.217	.428	9	1.03	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.60	P
39	311	145 (5)	Sep 18	PHA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.212	.218	.431	9	.95	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.99	P
40	312	151 (5)	Sep 24	PHA		BOS	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.214	.219	.433	9	.71	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.80	P
41	313	153 (1)	Sep 27	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-13	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.220	.226	.446	9	1.17	0.102	.00	0.00%	1.00	P
							37-4		122	115	8	23	3	0	0	12	3	0	50	0	4		1		0	0	.200	.220	.226	.446		.99	-1.109	3.02	-2.31%	-17.12

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